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Man sentenced for making false bomb threat on Breeze Airways flight diverted to Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Rhode Island man was sentenced to over a year in prison Wednesday morning for making a false bomb threat on a Breeze Airways flight in December that caused it to be diverted to Jacksonville. Evan Sims, 41, was sentenced to two years, but was given...
Council Land Use and Zoning Committee backs mixed-use waterside development on Intracoastal Waterway
A former shipyard along the Intracoastal Waterway at Atlantic Boulevard would become a mixed-use development with multifamily units, a hotel, a waterside restaurant and marina with public access under a rezoning request and land use map amendment approved by a Jacksonville City Council committee on July 16. The Land Use...
Waterfront Park Takes a Leap Forward
After nearly a quarter of a century of fits and starts, dozens of discarded park designs and passionate public debate, plans to build a park along the Amelia River cleared a major hurdle when Fernandina Beach city commissioners approved funding $2 million for construction of the new facility. By a...
Local Governments Spending Millions on Homeless Problem, But Taxpayers Not Happy
As local governments start laying out proposed budgets for the upcoming year, millions of dollars will be spent on the homeless problems many Florida communities are dealing with. Last year, Jacksonville Democratic Mayor Donna Deegan and the local city council approved $3.1 million to address the city’s homeless problem. This...
Jaguars’ throwback jersey reveal has fans wanting more
The Jacksonville Jaguars have unveiled their “Prowler Throwback” jerseys for the 2024 NFL season, which brings back the look from when the franchise first came into the NFL. The perfect throwback uniform doesn’t exi-#DUUUVAL pic.twitter.com/GzdcEIP6qk — Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) July 18, 2024 The Jaguars have revamped their uniforms multiple times over their existence, and this […] The post Jaguars’ throwback jersey reveal has fans wanting more appeared first on ClutchPoints.
The calm after the storms
Now: Quiet, cooler and calm. Tonight: A mild night as skies slowly become partly cloudy. Thursday: Scattered showers with storms along the Gulf Coast sea breeze, 60-70 percent. Morning lows in the 70s to low 80s. Afternoon highs in the 90s, Feels Like temperatures up to 104-106 degrees. Locally heavy rainfall is possible.
What is there to do in Jacksonville when it rains? We have some suggestions.
There's no shortage of things to do in Florida. You can go to the beach, ride a bike, visit the zoo, play golf, work in the garden, hang out in a park. Of course, you can still go to the beach, ride a bike, visit the zoo, play golf, work in the garden or hang out in a park in the rain, but it won't be nearly as much fun. Add in a little lightning, and you can't do any of those things.
Calais Campbell: Jaguars' Fred Taylor Is 'Gold Jacket Worthy'
Fred Taylor takes a look back after breaking off a 90-yard touchdown run in the 1st quarter. Count the Mayor of Sacksonville in the corner of Fred Taylor. With the legendary Jacksonville Jaguars running back missing out on a Pro Football Hall of Fame induction this year after his first year as a finalist, there is plenty of hope that the best running back in Jaguars history will make it into Canton sooner than later.
3-year-old Jacksonville boy who wandered away from Orlando resort near Disney found dead
ORLANDO, Fla. — Editor's note: A previous version of this story said the boy, Rakim, had autism, as that information came from the Orange County Sheriff's Office. However, Rakim's family told First Coast News that he didn't. A 3-year-old Jacksonville boy at the center of a Florida Missing Child...
Jaguars sue ex-employee convicted of stealing $22 million from them
Former Jacksonville Jaguars employee Amit Patel is currently serving a six-and-a-half-year sentence in federal prison. His former employer just added to his issues. The Jaguars are suing Patel, who pleaded guilty to stealing $22 million from them earlier this year, for $66.6 million in damages in Florida state court on Thursday, according to ESPN. The team is alleging fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty and civil theft.
Jaguars' new throwback uniforms will debut the day Tom Coughlin inducted into Pride of the Jaguars
It's a big news day for Jacksonville Jaguars fans. Not only were the team's new throwback uniforms revealed on Thursday, but Tom Coughlin, the very first head coach the franchise ever had, will be inducted into the team's special Pride of the Jaguars during the upcoming season. And what's more,...
The Jaguars throwback uniforms are here, and they’re beautiful
After years of fans asking for the throwback jerseys to return (including myself), the Jacksonville Jaguars finally did the thing, bringing back the 1999 uniforms in celebration of their 30 years as an NFL franchise, and sweet Jesus they’re beautiful. This is one of my favorite moments as a...
Dreams Come True names board president
Dreams Come True, Northeast Florida’s locally based dream-granting organization for children battling life-threatening medical conditions, has announced the appointment of Paul Davison, assurance practice leader with BDO USA, P.C., as president of the organization’s board of directors. “We are honored to have Mr. Paul Davison stepping into the...
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